Mental Health Awareness Week at Pineland

Over the last week Pineland has recognized Mental Health Awareness Week through a variety of student and staff learning activities. Attention was paid to mindfulness and the different ways individuals can connect with themselves and their feelings, both emotional and physical. The importance of staying physically fit and eating healthy was also addressed in relation to maintaining mental health. We spent time outdoors (on the one dry day!) and also shared ideas around Growth Mindset and positive thinking, as well as other things that we suggest for each person's Mental Health Tool Box -- like: breathing techniques, calming activities/space, rest, etc.

This week was also linked back to the extremely rich discussions we had around our Bell Let's Talk sharing. Once again, the class took all activities and sharing quite seriously and were very open to learning new and different ways to maintain their own mental health.

As always, I was very proud to learn and share alongside class 5/6-1.